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The second part of our Christmas episode looks back on some highlights of 2023 and answers some more questions for the CCMA Facebook group.

Topics include: Martial art movie inspiration, 40th anniversary of Enter the Dragon, conspiracy theory as a negative religion, how to defeat defaulting into consensual violence under pressure, wombats versus meerkats and choosing a base martial art.

Cinema, Life and Everything
Hannah's Bookshelf
Stiff Right Hand
Into the Dojo
Everyday Martial Artist
Conversations in Karate

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This season's Christmas episode opens with a ramble on a self-protection/martial arts perspective on the real meaning of the festive season before providing a deep answer to Ron Goin's question: Is the use of rank in martial arts truly a motivation for learning ? 

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This year's Halloween episode is chapter one of a look at what might called the "Igor" psyche. Much the stock character of Igor and the monster he assisted to create (in some non-original versions of the story), this psyche is made of composite parts. We will explore this different parts by first covering the real criminal, Fizcko, assistant to the notorious Erzsebet Bathori, The Blood Countess. 

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On this episode we are proud to present the voice of Dr Tammy Yard-McCracken. Self-protection is in a constant state of evolution and Tammy provides us with a truly positive state of change. Using her unique background, training and experience she highlights the hugely neglected area of the insidious assault and domestic violence. Her #500Rising movement provides practical responses backed by evidence-based research to deal with one of the most common forms of physical abuse in today's society. 

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This special bonus episode was released on the 50th anniversary of Bruce Lee's death. Its main piece is a review of Davis Miller's "The Tao of Bruce Lee", one of the most honest and reflective works written about Bruce Lee and his influence, but also includes updated comments on other books I have read since such as Tom Bleecker's "Unsettled Matters" and Andrew Polly's "Bruce Lee: A Life". 

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We begin our study of opportunistic crimes and their unique brand of predator.

Chapter 1 - Detective Haarmann - Where we are introduced to a grisly opportunist who first terrified and then revolted the inhabitants of inter-war Hanover, Germany. Fritz "The Wolf-Man" Haarmann, a lazy, unintelligent, habitual crook and child molester, took full advantage of the desperate environment that surrounded him.

Chapter 2 - The Opportunistic Predator - We break down what a threat means in self-protection and focus on the opportunity element. This leads us on to criminals who are disorganised in their methods and focus on opportunity.



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"May We Go Round" by Darren Curtis

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Coinciding with the 40th anniversary of "Return of the Jedi" this special episode dives deep into Star Wars connections to martial arts and self-protection.

This episode's chapters:

1. Not My Martial Arts Movie... Yet
Why, despite Star Wars arguably being a martial arts movie, it probably did not inspire me to pursue martial arts.

2. The Dark Side of the Force and the Dark Triad
Machiavellianism and manipulative personality traits of the Sith... and the Jedi.

3. Leia Shot First
Why Lucas didn't need to change one of his scenes, how Hollywood gets self-protection wrong and Leia: the proactive princess the trilogy needed.
Guest star: Mikael Oddershede of Hostlebro Taekwondo Klub, Denmark

4. Green Lights the Way
Indulgent memories of discovering Star Wars on the circus and loving green light sabres.
Guest star: Mary Stevens of the Athena School of Karate, Oxfordshire, UK

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Ahead of the mammoth self-protection/martial arts deep dive into Star Wars, I decided to record an audio version of an old article I wrote on the subject in the pages of "Martial Arts Illustrated". It's a little twee and less jaded than my current work - a bit like Luke Skywalker in the first film - but thought listeners might appreciate it for novelty value alone. 

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Celebrating its 40th anniversary, V was a science fiction analogy of life under occupation and an exploration on how people act in such a crisis. On this episode we take a deep dive into universal themes of self-protection, case history and the alien martial art of Revok! This is an episode like no other. 

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On this show I talk with Tommy Joe Moore on a number of subjects. We look at the differences between pre-gloves pugilism and modern day bareknuckle boxing, the way boxing gyms are run compared to typical martial arts classes, the movie "Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher" and Tommy's time teaching combatives to Ukraine's special forces to main but a few topics.

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